Private Press & Limited Editions, Children's & Illustrated Books, Original Artwork
Sale held on
Thursday 6th November 2008
Auction Results
(Hammer prices are shown exclusive of buyer's premium, VAT or other applicable charges)
1. Hall (Basil)The Great Polyglot Bibles, one of 400
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estimate: £200 – £300
£300
2. Allen Press Bibliography (The) mcmlxxxi
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estimate: £400 – £600
£360
3. Aeschylus.The Oresteian Trilogy, 3 parts in 2 vol
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estimate: £150 – £200
£230
4. Herodotus.Egypt, one of 120 copies, printed in red and
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estimate: £80 – £120
£55
5. Anvil Press.-[Four Gospels (The)], from William
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estimate: £300 – £400
£340
6. Psalms of David and Others (The), translated
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estimate: £200 – £300
£280
7. Hammett (Dashiell)The Maltese Falcon, one of 400 copies signed
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estimate: £250 – £350
unsold
8. Constitution of the United States published
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estimate: £150 – £200
unsold
9. Calvino (Italo)Invisible Cities, translated by William
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estimate: £300 – £400
£360
10. Arman (Mark)A Legacy of Metal Types, 1987; Fleurons
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estimate: £120 – £180
£110
11. Horatius Flaccus (Quintus)Carmina Sapphica, one of 150 copies on
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estimate: £700 – £900
£480
12. Book of Songs and Poems (A) from the Old
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estimate: £700 – £900
£500
13. Dante Alighieri.Tutte le Opere, edited by Edward Moore, one
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estimate: £8000 – £12000
£17500
14. Thucydides.[History of the Peloponnesian War
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estimate: £800 – £1200
£1100
15. Wisdom of Jesus the Son of Sirach (The
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estimate: £1000 – £1500
£1100
16. [Hornby (Charles Harry St.John)]A Descriptive Bibliography of the Books
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estimate: £1200 – £1800
£1800
17. Barbarian Press.- Kishkan (Theresa)Inishbream, number 109 of 175 copies
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estimate: £100 – £150
£20
18. Bird & Bull Press.- Morris (Henry)The Private Press-Man’s Tale, number
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estimate: £100 – £150
£20
19. -. Heaney (Howell J.)Thirty Years of Bird & Bull: A
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estimate: £120 – £180
£20
20. Bremer Press.- Homer.Poiesis: Ilias; Odysseia, edited by Edward
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estimate: £800 – £1200
£2400
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